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Cintra Wilson's avatar

I forgot to add the best part of this article. After the show, the lead singer of Lords of the New Church, Stiv Bators, asked Lila where I was. "Oh, Cintra dove out of the van to meet some guy she knew," Lila told him.

"Wise." Said Stiv. "Very wise."

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Chris Norris's avatar

By the time I was leaving SF for NYC in the mid-90s, I realized that every single person that I knew had at least one Courtney Love story. Yours is both the funniest and, in a way, most salutary since most others tended to involved theft. Your desc of "Jones" as a "tough, funny, hyper-intelligent guy from Boston" made me wonder if I'd be making a cameo for an event that I don't remember until I realized the only modifier we really share is probably "from Boston." I will add that, given CL's look at the time, it sounds less like you ruined that dress than broke it in for her. Brilliant work, as always.

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Thank you Chris!!

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Bruce Timmins's avatar

The dress died an honorable death.

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H. C. Burlingame's avatar

It was a bizarre existence then.

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H. C. Burlingame's avatar

Wonderful as always, some time I will tell you why there was a pubic hair in the Crisco at the coffee shop I worked at.

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Intriguing! But I bet I can guess.

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Janine de Novais's avatar

another rocket ship to the moon of great writing, just takes off and boom!

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Thank you so much, Ms. de Novais!

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Su Terry's avatar

Fabulous artwork....I believe it's your work?

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

All the work is my work, yes!

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Bob Mori's avatar

“She was just a weird chick who had a skosh more psychopathology than the rest of us. That’s what fame requires, though.”💙

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Julie Van Hook's avatar

Lady- You had me at "peach-flavored hussy" and "kinderwhore". I haven't thought of Lords of the New Church for decades, but reading this transports me back to those times. Thanks for dredging up these precious, forgotten moments. Xo JVH

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Cintra Wilson's avatar

Thank you, Beautiful! XXX

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Teófilo de Jesús's avatar

Like always, you shocked me. Keep ‘em coming.

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appleton king's avatar

only just read the header in my email and figured it was from bill clinton heh

will read (or listen!!) later

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Jonathan Ryshpan's avatar

Does anyone here know if anyone in America still lives the way Ms. Wilson, Courtney Love, et al. lived in the (mid to late 80s?). If so, who are they? Where are they?

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MonaLott's avatar

Courtney Love's dress is dead. Long live Courtney Love's dress.

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appleton king's avatar

the pregnant pause after you lovingly caress the opening phrase "A true tale of sleeeeeeeaze!" is worth the kinderwhore ride alone... and it should be noted with all that riding pregnancy itself fairly loiters in torn fishnets around each shady corner of these posts.....not that theres ANYTHING wrong with that ....

joyous

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